SC stayed the order for scientific survey of Gnanavapi Shivlinga

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The Supreme Court has stayed the Allahabad High Court’s order for a scientific survey of the alleged Shivlinga found in the Gnanavapi Masjid adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi. The Muslim party appealed to the Supreme Court against the order of the High Court. On May 12, the Allahabad High Court ordered the ASI to conduct a scientific survey on the Hindu party’s plea. The ASI was scheduled to appear before the district judge’s court in Varanasi on May 22 to discuss the survey methodology. The Muslim parties approached the Supreme Court on Thursday against the High Court’s order. Accepting the petition of the Muslim party, the Supreme Court has fixed the date of hearing on Friday.

The Supreme Court has stayed the carbon dating of the Shivling-shaped idol found in Varanasi’s Gnanavapi campus and the scientific survey of the entire campus till the next hearing. The Allahabad High Court ordered carbon dating of the Shivling figure at Gnanavapi. After this, the Gnanawapi Masjid Management Committee challenged this order in the Supreme Court.


The proceedings before a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala were adjourned till further hearing, Huzefa Ahmadi, counsel for the Gnanawapi Masjid Management Committee, said the Allahabad High Court had ordered the appeal pending. ordered , After hearing Huzefa’s arguments, the bench agreed to hear the petition. The Supreme Court heard the petition on Friday and said that the implementation of the relevant directions in the order of the Allahabad High Court will be stayed till the next hearing.

Earlier in the hearing, a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala took note of the submissions made by senior advocate Huzaifa Ahmadi, appearing for the Gnanawapi Masjid Management Committee, and agreed to list the petition for hearing on Friday. did Express

What is the demand of the Muslim party?
Ahmadi said that the appeal filed against the Allahabad High Court order is pending. The Allahabad High Court on May 12 ordered the use of sophisticated technology to determine the age of a structure found in the Gnanawapi Masjid, which is being claimed to be a ‘Shivling’.

The High Court set aside the order of the Varanasi district court dismissing the plea seeking scientific tests, including carbon dating, during the survey conducted in May 2022. The High Court directed the District Judge of Varanasi to proceed according to law on the request of the Hindu party to conduct a scientific survey of the ‘Shivling’.